YourVoice.Now Summary
Transparency & AccountabilityBail rules would stay the same — but a new yearly list would name states and cities that allow no-cash bail.
Transparency & Accountability
The Attorney General would post the first list within a year of the bill becoming law. A new list would follow each year. Being on it brings no penalty and no loss of federal money.
The bill names violent and sexual crimes, plus disorder crimes like looting and rioting. That list is a starting point. The Attorney General can add other crimes.
More about this bill
Bail rules where you live would not change. Instead, the Attorney General would have to publish a yearly public list. It would name every state and local government that lets people awaiting trial go free without cash bail. Only serious charges count. That means violent and sexual crimes like murder, rape, carjacking, and robbery. It also means disorder crimes like looting, rioting, vandalism, and fleeing from police. The first list would be due within a year of the bill becoming law. The Attorney General also decides which other crimes belong on it. The crimes named in the bill are a starting point, not a full list. Being named carries no penalty and no loss of federal money. The House passed the bill in May 2026, and the Senate has not voted on it.
Congressional Summary
Cashless Bail Reporting ActThis bill requires the Department of Justice to publish annually a list of state and local governments that permit individuals who are charged with certain criminal offenses that pose a clear threat to public safety and order to be released pending trial on personal recognizance or upon execution of an unsecured appearance bond.Under the bill, the criminal offenses that pose a threat to public safety and order include criminal offenses involving a violent or sexual act (e.g., burglary, murder, or rape) and offenses that promote public disorder (e.g., looting or vandalism).On August 25, 2025, President Donald Trump issued an executive order that required the Department of Justice to submit to the Assistant to the President for Homeland Security a list of state and local jurisdictions that have substantially eliminated cash bail as a potential condition for pretrial release for crimes that pose a clear threat to public safety and order, including offenses involving violent, sexual, or indecent acts, or burglary, looting, or vandalism.
Legislative Subjects
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- House
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Reported to House
- Action Date
- 2026-04-09
- Date Added
- 2026-05-09
- Source
- Congress.gov →
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